Millettia sapindifolia is a synonym of Derris yunnanensis (Leguminosae: Millettieae)
8 May 2017
Song, Zhu-Qiu; Yan, Ke-Jian; Zhu, Cheng-Jie; Xia, Qian; Xu, Dongxian; Li, Shi-JinMillettia and Derris are two taxonomically complicated genera of the tribe Millettieae (Leguminosae), and their flowering materials are not easily distinguished from each other. The critical examination of literature and specimens as well as the field survey show that Millettia sapindifolia T. C. Chen, a Chinese species described on basis of two flowering collections, is conspecific with Derris yunnanensis Chun & F. C. How, for the similarities in various characters such as the inflorescence type, monadelphous stamens, branches with longitudinal ridges, and size, shape, number and hairiness of leaflets. Therefore, the former is here reduced to a synonym of the latter.
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10.1111/njb.01555